Travel

The air clung to us like a second skin as the sun beat down on the concrete courtyard, the shade of a few trees providing scant relief from Cambodia’s relentless heat. Hundreds of people wander through this haunted place, but no one speaks – it’s deathly quiet save for the…

This article was originally published on This is Cartagena, a vibrant travel website that marketed Cartagena, Colombia as a premier tourist destination. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic forced the company and its website to shut down in 2020.  You’ve just planned a trip to Colombia. It’s only weeks away and the excitement…

After a short but steep climb up a forested valley, the Great Wall suddenly appears through bare, ghostly trees, untouched since the end of the Ming Dynasty in 1644. We take our first steps onto its crumbling surface and cautiously make our way towards the first view point. It truly…

Sure, Cartagena flaunts its fabled Caribbean beaches and colonial architecture all year round, but it’s so much more than that… During special events the city exudes a magnetic energy that threatens to suck you in and never let go.    So if you’re looking to turn a good holiday into an…

Ah, Download – that festival where people from around the world come together on the undulating grounds of Donington Park, forgetting any political, cultural or personal differences they may have to celebrate the glorious tenets of metal as one. Download 2013 marked my first international metal festival, and damn did…